With no fewer than four warnings and one watch to deal with, Northeast Ohio is under the weather gun - and will be for the next several days.www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/

Today will see a 100-percent chance of rain, a percentage that will extend into Wednesday.

The highs for today and Tuesday will be near the 50-degree mark.

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Included in the warnings are a High Wind Warning from noon today to 4 p.m., Tuesday. Expect sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph with possible gusts of up to 70 mph.

A general Flood Watch is in effect for the entire region through Tuesday evening with 2 to 3 inches of additional rain forecast with some locally heavier amounts possible.

The current Flood Warning is for the Grand River in Lake County whose water flow stage is currently at 5.2 feet with flood stage at 8 feet. The river is forecast to crest at 8.3 feet by late Tuesday.

A Lakeshore Flood Warning has been posted from noon today to 8 p.m., Tuesday. North-northwest gale-force winds will begin increasing today and may exceed 58 mph. These winds are forecast to continue into Tuesday as well.

These strong winds will causes water levels to rise along Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline by at least three feet, possibly more.

Coupled with expected storm-caused wave heights of up to 18 feet and there is a strong possibility of shoreline flooding along with extensive shoreline erosion through Tuesday.

As a result, a Storm Warning has been issued for the waters of Lake Erie from noon today to noon, Tuesday.

For Wednesday's Halloween festivities, expect cloudy conditions with spotty rain showers and trick-or-treat visiting hour temperatures that will hover around the 50-degree mark, though with strong winds the felt temperature will be closer to 40 degrees.

Looking ahead, the weather Thursday through Sunday is forecast to include high temperatures in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. Wind and a chance of rain will exist for Thursday and Friday while Saturday and Sunday should see sunny skies. Into next week, rain is forecast, including for Election Day Tuesday, with daytime highs in the low 50s, says AccuWeather.www.accuweather.com/

Today's average high temperature is 58 degrees while the average low temperature is 42 degrees. This date's record high temperature is the 78 degrees that was set in 1946 while the record low is the 24 degrees that was set in 1980.www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php

The tropical weather picture is focused entirely on Hurricane Sandy, which is packing sustained winds of 85 mph. Sandy is currently located 310 miles south-southeast of New York City and is moving north-northwest at 20 mph and accelerating. Storm surges, high winds, heavy rains and snow in the Appalachians are all forecast as a result of this storm, one of the largest such tropical cyclones ever recorded for the Atlantic Basin.www.nhc.noaa.gov/